Improvement in windows for railway-cars



dinastia @anni @fida i 3 EAnNEsrgli.` soHoELLER, or GONNELLSVILLE,PENNSYLVANIA.

l Letters Patine No. 112,639,1mea March 14, 1871.

i .i .The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and of the same.

"To all whom-'it mayhcnce/rn Be it knownthat I, EARNEST A. SoHoELLnR, of

Gonne1lsville,in the-county of Fayetteand State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented a newand' useful Imrovement in Fastening-Windows in the Body ofailway-cars'5 and 'I'dohereby declare that the-following .is a full,clear, and `exactA description thereof,

referncebeing had tothe accompanying drawing and i tothe letters. ofreference marked thereon.

' Thenature of "my invention consists in securing fthe window-sashand-"blinds1 for the body of railway-` 1 cars in aydetached frame, whichis so arranged in the sides and ends of the `car-body that it can bedisplaced and replaced with ease and facility for the purpose of washingthe window-sash and blnds.

'lo enable others skilled in the art to make and use gny invention, IWill-proceed to describe` moreflllly its construction and operation.

In the accompanying drawing Which forms` part of I f my Specification ii Figure `1 represents a section of the side,roof, andl floor ofacar-body, and represeutstmy improvement i in the `Window for the same.Figure 2 is a vertical section ofthesame Vwhen out' i through at linev'y of iig.` 1.y

A represents the side of a` railway-car'body;

1 Brepresents its roof g and 1 'Oitsdoor. 1

The frame D for thexsash candblind f istted in anopeni'ng made in theside or end of thecar-body.

neredge, so as to t over the strip g on the side A.

lhe upper end ofthe frame'D is provided with tvyo springs, ,71, whichcatch against the lining-strip 'i ofthe car-body.

- The joints at'eaoh side ofthe frame D by the'molding J.

The upper end of the frame D is'made open, so'that the sash and blindsmaybe removed for the purpose of Washing them and their' frame. Theframeis re- Vmoved by pressing down on the springs'h, and then drawingforward the upper end of the frame.

The advantage ofmy improvement consists in saving labor and expense inremoving the sash and blinds from the car-body for the purpose of'repairing and cleaning.r

are covered Having thus described the nature, construction, and

the purposeset forth.

" j E. A. SOHOELLER lWitnesses:

A. 0. JOHNSTON, JAMES J. JOHNSTON.

- The lower barlof the `frame D israbbeted at its in'

